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BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… in Dar Es Salaam. Her husband moved again to Algeria to work for the ANC from that country. Later, together with …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… a burden on their families and left home in search of work. It was worse with men as head of the families because … way to travel. Those travelling the…
BiographyAndrew Michael Boraine
… is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of South … banned for five years .In mid-1983…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… . After studying at Lovedale, he taught briefly, then on his father's death in 1921 took over Imvo Zabantsundu, … committee of the All African Convention …
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
… and later began law studies. From 1954 until 1957, when his arrest for treason precluded his participation in Natal affairs, he served as provincial …
BiographyH. A. Naidoo
… and Natal sugar workers made important gains under his leadership in the early 1940s. Naidoo represented a … worked for several years for Radio Budapest,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… National Aids Council (SANAC) to review its two years of work against HIV/AIDS being under the leadership of Deputy … Rivonia Trialist, ANC and SACP member…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
… Oxford writing her memoirs and published as From Union to Apartheid: A Trek to Isolation(1969). …
BiographyVilla Baker
… the United Kingdom. Lewis went first, and Villa and Beryl (his daughter), went at the end of the year after Beryl had … but the bond continued over the sea…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… career choice as a nurse, and her involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle. Her profession as a midwife at … With no concern for her own safety, she would…
BiographyJoseph Manana
… In Durban he has worked with Community Mural Projects and his art can be spotted on various walls in the city. In a … He then progressed to visualising…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and Nyamanda's claim to his father's throne. During the TNC congress in Pietersburg … of the ANC (1924-1927), accepted…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… mission, Odibo where he completed Standard VI. There his talent was recognised by Father Mallory who arranged for … He returned to Rorke's Drift and was able…
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
… ). Thambi Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to survive during his numerous periods of imprisonment…
The melody of freedom
… in hospital. Fear seems to reign among the defenders of apartheid. Fear of revolutionary songs, fear of South African … Da Gama may have been delighted when…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… creative team was led by Harry Bloom, best known for his book Episodes, Todd Matshikiza - a well known composer, … arts. He made his studio available for…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… journalists such as yourself captured the inhumanity of apartheid – how you worked under the most trying of … Janice Keogh South African President Nelson…
BiographyKim Ludbrook
… Kim Ludbrook grew up in Kwa-Zulu Natal. After completing his national service he moved to England in 1990 and studied … Fuji South African Press Photographer…
BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
… on 5 December 1956 on charges of treason arising from his involvement in the Congress of the People and the … in 1960, Horvitch escaped to Botswana and from…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not hitherto been seen; … indeed vast opportunities in South…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… Coalition between 1992 and 1994, she coordinated regional work towards the Women’s Charter for Effective Equality. … was I to be out tomorrow, I would…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
… handicrafts teachers in South Africa. Rakgoathe completed his junior certificate and in 1959 completed a two-year … enrolled for a Master's Degree. However,…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… in the Treason Trial, Keitsing was brought daily from his cell to attend the trial. He was released in … Botswana National Front (BNF), was launched in 1965…
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer. He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in Johannesburg …
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
… was the only child of divorced mother,he completed most of his school before moving with his mother to the Malay Camp in Kimberly and becoming …
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
… and International Relations. In 2004, Shivambu obtained his Master’s degree with distinction in Political Studies at the same university. In his third year…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… with abdominal pains and a severe headache. During his career he had been chairman of both the Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines for…
Dora Nginza
… the award, annually allocated to people who did public work that benefited African people. In 1954, the Mayor of …
BiographyAnna Zieminski
… that played a key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. During this period her photographs …
ArticleLives of Courage
… South Africans and members of the international anti-Apartheid movements played in South Africa’s struggle for freedom against segregation and Apartheid from…